Fanzone

When it comes to the connection between fans and the club they support, sometimes you couldn’t feel further away. One club is trying to fix that.

A student was shot dead in Uganda on Sunday evening by police after students attempted to riot after the Arsenal game against Liverpool.

For every fan that gets to go to every game, there are a hundred more that will never have that chance, so I thought I’d use this week’s column to describe what a matchday in the life of Helen looks like, in an effort to share the experience.

Arsenal are going to win the league this season.

With all the transfer doom and gloom surrounding Arsenal at the moment, it’s easy to lose sight of reasons that we should actually get pretty excited about the new Premier League season starting on Saturday (Sunday for us).

After we reported that Robin van Persie was being linked with a move back to Arsenal, we noticed that just about every Gooner commenting on the situation would rather stick wasps where the sun don’t shine, which gave us an idea.

With the news breaking that Dutch manager, Ronald Koeman, has signed for Everton, we put it to you: did Arsenal have a lucky escape by not signing him?

Inevitably, in the absence of the potential Vardy transfer meeting deadlines guessed at by journalists, the vacuum of news has been gleefully filled by anyone with a desire to sell stories. Regardless of whether or not there is a story to sell.

Being a football supporter is rarely a rational thing, but for some it’s more serious than for others. Is that you?

A summer without the Premier League doesn’t have to be football-less doom and gloom. Unless that’s what you want, that is.

Can you fall out of love with football?

When a goal goes in, you never know what you’re going to get from the people around you. Bet you’ve seen one of these five…